"You can’t have your cake and eat it too"
This is Billy bothersome because it is one of those things that snooty people say when someone is just trying to have some fun but then something goes awry, resulting in there being a cost associated with the fun that has been or that is being or that shall be had.
But what is the point of the saying? It basically means look buddy, if you eat your cake, then you ain't going to have it anymore. Like, you can't spend your money and then bitch about not having anything in savings. You can't run off at the mouth and say whatever you want, whenever you feel like it and then complain about not having any real friends or getting your ass kicked from time to time. It is a good principle, reasonable, and easy to understand. Basically in life there are often time consequences. But that is all just boring.
What irks Billy Hill is that the use of cake is just a stupid example. Because here is the gig, illustrated in fancy diagrams so you can fully understand this point. You see, sometimes in life, if you make a carpe diem choice, you end up having a caveat emptor moment. But other times, you miss out on great opportunities because you are too afraid to jump in to the mix. Billy Hill almost missed one of those moments just this week. The Eagles were in concert and the ticket prices were out of this world. But, Billy Hill watched the StubHub activity and grabbed some tickets, mind you at 10 times their face value still, and hit the show. Regrets - heck no. Was the best show the Eagles have ever put on, complete with Vince Gill and Glenn Frey's son.
So, either way, at the end of the day you are not going to have cake. You shall consume it, someone else will consume it, or it will rot and be tossed out. So,
"You can’t have your cake and eat it too"
and
"You can’t have your cake and not eat it"
Simple, just because someone throws a fancy proverb in your face, way the costs and by all means, eat the cake.
Billy Hill Here - I like it neat
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